Juscha - thank you for responding with your view and analysis of this development. i think, you have depicted the future so well. And of course it will be a PR exercise. Resources will be diverted to this development and away from the primary work of the RC. I do understand that they need people coming to events and buying the merchandise to raise funds but I'm sure there are profit-making parties involved along the line there also.
But it is heartening to know that some others have some doubts about the wisdom of the development.
--Previous Message-- : Dear Nellie, : I understand your position very well and : want to give you some encouragement. : : From my point of view it doesn´t make sence, : to discuss royal jewellery on a facebook : site. Nor from the Royal Family nor the : Royal Collection can substantial information : be expected. Incidentally I´m certain the : RJWMB is checked by insiders on a regulary : base. They know that we want to know. : : A facebook site of the Royal Family or the : Royal Collection is a PR-Event. It serve to : keep going the interest on monarchy and the : Royal Familiy in public, increase and to use : the outcome of this as a benefit. That is : today part of the machinery when is comes to : public attention. : : Will it support our intention to hold : substantial discussions about royal : jewellery? : No. : A great deal of posts will be without : informations or will be “likes”. : A great deal of posts will be gossip because : the intentions of the many of the posters : will be not serious discussion. : Because a lots of posters will be new or : just looking in from time to time many : untrue stories will pop up again and again. : We have to pick from the rest. Extensiv and : annoying. : : In return attention will be drawn off our : board. In fact actually just the english : jewellery will be concernd but it will : bypass a part of our fellows. You cannot : ‘run with the hare and hunt with the hounds’ : on a long shot. : : And about facebook: : I don´t want to be a part of this “oh so : beautiful”-facebook-world. People are : divided of those with a lots of likes and : friends and those without. There are humans : destroyed by this. There is no privacy on : facebook, a company founded by someone who : stated that privacy is dead and make his : money with it. There could be said a lot : about institutions of education and science : on facebook... But this is not the place. : : I hope to continue a serious discussion on a : serious board and I hope it will not suffer : from facebook-comsumption. : : : --Previous Message-- : : I'd better state my position. : : I suspect that there are factions developing : within the Royal Collection between serious : research and popular distractions. : I side with serious research of course. : : The popularity path with lead to : "our" royals, and their brilliant : and historic jewels, being reduced to a : subset of that fake construct : "Hollywood royalty". : What would ours become? "Palace : royalty" perhaps. : : And jewellery firms would be : "invited" to take part - to : advertise their wares. : : Multiply all the above for every other area : of fascinating property of "our" : royals. : : Popular interest in royal jewels is already : well covered by the private blogs that have : grown up. : Excellent work for the most part by : dedicated enthusiasts. : And a not unexpected extension of years of : good work done right here on this board to : pave their way. : : The Royal Collection has no need to become : just another blog. : : Perhaps I should drop them a line. : : : : : :
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